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The hands of Orlac = Orlacs hände, Transit Film GmbH ; Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung ; directed by Robert Wiene ; screenplay by Louis Nerz

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The hands of Orlac = Orlacs hände, Transit Film GmbH ; Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung ; directed by Robert Wiene ; screenplay by Louis Nerz
Language
ger
Characteristic
videorecording
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The hands of Orlac = Orlacs hände
Medium
videorecording DVD
Responsibility statement
Transit Film GmbH ; Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung ; directed by Robert Wiene ; screenplay by Louis Nerz
Runtime
110
Series statement
German expressionism collection
Summary
Charts the mental disintegration of a concert pianist whose hands are amputated after a train crash, and replaced with the hands of an executed murderer. When Orlac's father is murdered by the dead man's hands, Orlac begins a descent toward madness
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Orlacs händeConrad Veidt in Robert Wiene's The hands of OrlacRobert Wiene's The hands of Orlac
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